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Public Health Crisis Looms as California Identifies 600 Communities at Risk of Water-System Failures A new report puts into focus for the first time the scope of the state’s drinking-water problems and what it will take to fix them. A familiar scene has returned to California: drought. Two counties are currently under emergency declarations, and the rest of the state could follow. It was only four years ago when a winter of torrential rain finally wrestled the state out of its last major d...

Over 600 Public Water Systems in California Communities Face Risk of Failure A new report puts into focus for the first time the scope of Californias drinking-water problems. Catherine Falls Commercial via Getty Images By A familiar scene has returned to California: drought. Two counties are currently under emergency declarations, and the rest of the state could follow. It was only four years ago when a winter of torrential rain finally wrestled the state out of its last major drought, which h...

Public Health Crisis Looms as California Identifies 600 Communities at Risk of Water-System Failures A new report puts into focus for the first time the scope of the state’s drinking-water problems and what it will take to fix them. This article originally appeared in The Revelator. Tara Lohan May 7, 2021 Listen to editor Maureen Nandini Mitra’s conversation about drought and water equity in California with Camille Pannu, a professor of law and community development at UC Irvin...

Water infrastructure in the small community of Woodville, Calif. | Tara Lohan / Revelator A familiar scene has returned to California: drought. Two counties are currently under emergency declarations, and the rest of the state could follow. It was only four years ago when a winter of torrential rain finally wrestled the state out of its last major drought, which had dragged on for five years and left thousands of domestic wells coughing up dust. That drinking-water crisis made national headl...

Public health crisis looms as California identifies 600 communities at risk of water-system failures A new report puts into focus for the first time the scope of the state’s drinking-water problems and what it will take to fix them. Image Credit: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images A familiar scene has returned to California: drought. Two counties are currently under emergency declarations, and the rest of the state could follow. It was only four years ago when a winter of torrential rain finally ...

A familiar scene has returned to California: drought. Two counties are currently under emergency declarations, and the rest of the state could follow. It was only four years ago when a winter of torrential rain finally wrestled the state out of its last major drought, which had dragged on for five years and left thousands of domestic wells coughing up dust. That drinking-water crisis made national headlines and helped shine a light on another long-simmering water crisis in California: More than...